Sather Gate was officially unveiled again, or something. We saw a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday involving lots of senior citizens and lots of expensive-looking cheese and wine. Apparently we weren’t old enough for a free sample.
In other campus face lift news: You probably spied the spire reconstruction atop our favorite bell tower, or perhaps you were just annoyed because you couldn’t use the Campanile Plaza pathway anymore. At some point we feel that endless reconstruction and $800 million budget cut should become mutually exclusive. [NewsCenter]
Look out for new bike racks around Hearst Women’s Gym, the Bancroft Parking Structure, Giannini Hall, Wellman Hall, and Mulford Hall. Translation: more bikes to steal. [NewsCenter]
So it’s week five of Session A, which in semester terms, means that you’re just getting out of procrastination mode and starting to crack open the first novel you’re supposed to read, but in summer sessions terms it means finals are in a week. And word to the wise: Library hours kinda suck. [Library Website]
Posted by Jill Cowan on Friday, April 17, 2009 02:23 am
What the what?! On Wednesday, SFist posted the above flyer, which was found taped to a utility box in Elmwood. The flyer asks if you’ve lately experienced “Dust bunnies … Mismatched socks … Appliances behaving strangely”–among other similarly kooky things that put those ironic Sather Gate protest flyers to shame–then proceeds to explain that “You may be the victim of targeted PSYCHOTRONIC SABOTAGE, MICROWAVE HARASSMENT, SYNTHETIC TELEPATHY, OR GANG STALKING!” Well, that’s always good to know.
Long story short, we were just as confused as you probably are, so we did a little investigative research to try and get as close to the bottom of this rabbit hole as it seemed possible to get by clicking around the internets. read more »
Posted by Alex Bigman on Saturday, April 04, 2009 03:22 pm
Approaching Upper Sproul Plaza after a long day of class, expect a clear, unobstructed view of the herd of ravenous sign-wielders waiting to latch onto you with homing-missile determination. Oh, and say goodbye to the morning jackhammer serenade on your way to Dwinelle Hall. For those of you who have been avoiding this terrifying region of campus altogether lately, the construction work is gone; Sather Gate has returned! read more »
Posted by Christine Borden on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 01:48 pm
As the Men’s Octet began singing, this flyer was handed to us by someone trying to make an (ironically humorous) statement … we think. In the process of hating on Sather Gate, the protesters blocked access to the gate itself. Nice.
To note: the Wingdings message is gibberish, so don’t bother. Also, the Website doesn’t exist either. And is the misspelling of “their” intentional?
Are you crying yet? Because we definitely are. And no amount of Facilities Service’s industrial solvent will wash away the tracks of our tears. Moment of silence, please?
We gotta give it to ‘em: The Daily Cal has a pretty fine new rack–a few racks, actually. It seems that despite cutting the Wednesday issue of the paper due to the ubiquitous “financial issues,” they still managed to afford The Daily Cal recently acquired some snazzy new newspaper stands–for free as a result of an advertising partnership–albeit they have gigantic ads plastered on the sides advertising a company which appears to tutor students in how to add (OK, it’s really for LSAT prep classes, but you’d never know from the girl with the display hands telling us what 158 and 11 equals).
This seems to be the way of the future: Financial crisis? Just add more ads. In fact, With the recent $65.5 million cut to UC funding by our old friend Arnie, we at the Clog suggest making Barrows a gigantic billboard. Hey, desperate times … And covering it with an ad just might make it less of an eyesore, unless of course it’s advertising the United Colors of Benetton. read more »
You mourned the loss of the path between the Campanile and Memorial Glade during the reconstruction of Bancroft Library, you were perplexed by the various Campaign for Berkeley-related projects springing up around Dwinelle and Memorial Glade, you cringed at the recent mutilation of Sather Gate and now, desensitized to the ubiquitous alterations to campus, you may have failed to notice that yes indeed more campus construction is occurring, more highly trafficked pathways are being obstructed by fences, and a few ornamental porta-potties now decorate our campus.
We’re proponents of campus evolution, but at some point we have to ask will it ever end? Or at least, couldn’t they have waited until winter break or summer when we students could avoid the omnipresent fence blockage and hum of distant drilling? More pictures after the jump. read more »
It’s seen two World Wars, the Great Depression, the Cold War, the Counterculture Revolution, the Free Speech Movement, the rise and mental breakdown of Britney Spears and now it will witness its own mutilation, er, restoration. Sather Gate is gettin’ pretty-ful for its 100th birthday, and at 98, we think it looked pretty damn fine for its age. But after reports of the gate “wobbling disturbingly” in 2007 when the UC Rally Committee tried to decorate it, the gate has been forced to join the legions of Hollywood celebrities who have chosen to turn to reconstructive surgery. read more »
Posted by Danica Li on Thursday, October 09, 2008 12:43 am
The discerning sunbather will notice that Memorial Glade is no longer as it once was. Picket fences litter the grass. The ground is beginning to bald in some spots and turn to swamp in others. And then the Chancellor went and built hisself a humble domicile on top of it all, replete with crystal chandeliers and lavishly sculpted shrubbery. We’re pretty sure he threw some pretty sick parties in there, ones that none of us were invited to. Sulky face.
That’s all a long and convoluted way of saying that our favorite patch of jumbo lawn is getting rehauled by the university this semester. The restoration’s going to start hogging up space starting now, but the hardcore fences are expected to go up in November. Sound familiar? That’s because the university’s on something of a roll, what with the Sather Gate restoration getting underway this week as well. Bummer – we’re not sure where we’re going to go to chuck frisbees at Fido anymore. Fie on construction!
Image Source: jasonunbound under Creative Commons
Turf restoration to close Memorial Glade [Berkeley News]
Posted by Christine Borden on Tuesday, October 07, 2008 11:55 pm
Sather Gate, the southern portal to maze-like buildings and soporific lectures, will be restored this school year in an effort to protect the campus icon. Don’t be afraid, younguns, she’ll be looking fresh and perky again in no time!
A $1.5 million restoration project will focus on the deteriorating areas of the gate. The schedule is as follows:
* Friday, Oct. 10: scaffolding erected around the gate, preparations to remove brass and steel metal work
* Thanksgiving: naked gate! Pillars and glass orbs will remain.
* Next spring: a triumphant and beautiful return
We fear the sight of a skeletal Sather Gate, but we guess we’ll just have to make do while the restoration team’s sprucing up our own bronze lady.
Image Source: Raymond Yee under Creative Commons
Iconic Sather Gate to be restored to its former majesty [NewsCenter]
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Sather Gate was officially unveiled again, or something. We saw a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday involving lots of senior citizens and lots of expensive-looking cheese and wine. Apparently we weren’t old enough for a free sample.
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We gotta give it to ‘em: The Daily Cal has a pretty fine new rack–a few racks, actually. 
The discerning sunbather will notice that Memorial Glade is no longer as it once was. Picket fences litter the grass. The ground is beginning to bald in some spots and turn to swamp in others. And then the Chancellor went and built hisself a 
Sather Gate, the southern portal to maze-like buildings and soporific lectures, 
